4.3.1 System Factors @ Scale, For column diameters of less than approximately 3 ft [1 m}, it is more usual to employ packed towers because of the high fabrication costs of the small trays. For a very large column, liquid distribution problems may arise and this fact, coupled with the weight considerations of a large volume of packing, may lead to the choice of a plate tower. A preliminary estimate of tower diameter may be obtained from Figure 41. Gas flow rate [hg/s] —= 9.005 0.01 0.05 04 05 1.0 1007 3 S é E 3 é o Column diameter [m] —= Parameter is gas density (Ib/f®) [kg/m] 0 100 1000 10000 Gas flow rate (ib/tr] —= Fioure 4-1, Estimation of column diameter 1c mount ou esupang proviuce « Heat LOMpALIBOL UE AUIS, HH pase ey are not normally independent. 4.361 System Factors G) Scale. For column diameters of less than approximately 3 ft [1 m), it is more usual to employ packed towers because ofthe high fabrication costs of the small trays. For a very large column, liquid distribution problems ‘may arise and this fact, coupled with the weight considerations of a large ‘volume of packing, may lead to the choice of a plate tower. A preliminary estimate of tower diameter may be obtained from Figure 4-1. Get Now rte [kg/s] = 0005 201005 os 810 Column diameter in) = Parameter is gos density (O74) [ag] tor oar S008 How ate (bho) —e Fioune 41, Estimation of column diameter